As George Galloway Arrives in Raleigh, College Scraps Helen Thomas Award After Remarks About 'Zionists'

10 December 2010

By El-Hajj Mauri' Saalakhan

Assalaamu Alaikum (Greetings of Peace):

The first president of the United States, "Founding
Father" George Washington, stated in his historic
Farewell Address to the Union:

"A passionate attachment of one nation for another
produces a variety of evils, because it leads to
concessions to the favorite nation of privileges
denied to others; which is apt doubly to injure the
nation making the concession, both by unnecessarily
parting with what ought to have been retained, and by
exciting jealousy, ill will and a disposition to
retaliate in the parties from whom equal privileges
are withheld. It gives to ambitious, corrupted, or
deluded citizens (who devote themselves to the
favorite nation) the facility to betray or sacrifice
the interest of their own country without odium,
sometimes even with popularity. Real
patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite
are liable to become suspected and odious, while its
tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of
the people to surrender their interests."

The modern-day manifestation of this dark political
prophecy can clearly be seen in the information below
(as it pertains to our "special relationship" with the
Zionist-Apartheid State called Israel) and
endless volumes of other reports and
commentaries just like it!

Wayne State University has
terminated its Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in
Media award after the former White House correspondent
claimed that the United States is controlled by
"Zionists."

Thomas, 90, told a workshop on
anti-Arab bias in Dearborn, Mich., that Jewish
influence made it impossible to criticize Israel in
the United States.

"Congress, the White House and
Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by the Zionists,"
Thomas said on Thursday. "They put their money where
their mouth is."

Wayne State University yanked its
Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in Media award after
the former White House correspondent once again made
comments that are being denounced as anti-Semitic.
Here, Thomas listens to President Barack Obama during
a news conference in May.

The university yanked the award
Friday and denounced her comments.

Wayne State "strongly condemns
the anti-Semitic remarks made by Helen Thomas," the
university said in an e-mailed statement, according to
The Associated Press.

Wayne State's Journalism
Institute for Media Diversity has given the Helen
Thomas award for work that promotes diversity. The
award "is no longer helping us achieve our goals,"
Matthew Seeger, an interim dean, told The Detroit Free
Press.

This is not the first time that
Thomas has made explosive comments. In June, she was
caught on camera saying that Jews should "get the hell
out of Palestine" and go home to "Poland, Germany and
America and everywhere else."

Thomas, the daughter of Lebanese
immigrants in Detroit, was once a pioneering political
correspondent. She was the first female officer of the
National Press Club and the first female member of the
White House Correspondents Association. She has
covered every president since Eisenhower and was known
for her aggressive style.

Thomas quit as a columnist for
Hearst newspapers following the June incident. She
later apologized for the remarks.

The Anti-Defamation League
blasted Thomas on Friday and said her latest comments
tarnished her legacy as a journalist.

"Helen Thomas has clearly,
unequivocally revealed herself as a vulgar
anti-Semite," ADL National Director Abraham Foxman
said in a statement. "Her suggestion that Zionists
control government, finance and Hollywood is nothing
less than classic, garden-variety anti-Semitism."

Robert Cohen, executive director
of the Jewish Community Relations Council of
Metropolitan Detroit, applauded Wayne State's decision
to withdraw the award.

"I think it was just very ironic
that she made these comments at an event, the purpose
of which was to address stereotyping," Cohen told the
AP. "And it was very disappointing to know that she
received a standing ovation from that audience."

Thomas's words also drew
criticism from members of her own profession. In a New
Republic article titled "Helen Thomas Lets The Mask
Slip," Jonathan Chait wrote that she has a problem
with Jews.

Chait previously said Thomas'
comments about Jews in Palestine were anti-Zionist,
rather than anti-Semitic.

"I prefer to hold off on imputing
motives of bigotry without strong proof, but there's
not a whole lot of doubt remaining here," Chait wrote
in The New Republic.

The ADL called on all
institutions that have presented Thomas with awards to
withdraw them. Thomas has been honored by the Society
of Professional Journalists and holds more than 30
honorary degrees, according to the ADL.

"Through her words and deeds she
has besmirched both herself and her profession,"
Foxman said. "This is a sad final chapter to an
otherwise illustrious career."